Getting C++ Professional Programming Certified

I am writing this post because since the day I made a social media post about my certification, I have been getting messages from friends who wanted tips and stories about my journey into getting certified. So I made this write up in hopes that other people will find it helpful as well.

First of all, I am software engineer for more than 6 years now, working in the private sector and currently residing in Japan. For the most part of my career, I work on projects that mainly use C++ language. So in terms of familiarity, I am pretty confident that it’s covered by experience.

CPP (C++ Programming Professional) level requires you to pass the CPA (C++ Programming Associate) first. CPP is not an easy exam and needs a deep understanding about the fundamentals of the language. I will be sharing a few questions that I remember from the actual exam, so take some time to check them and gauge your ability with these questions.

Resources

I recommend you to sign up to http://openedg.org/ and take their free course on CPP.

OpenEDG offers a 50% discount on exam voucher and FREE single retake in case you fail the first attempt.

This is an all text (no video) type of course. It covers all the necessary topics and contains fairly rich number of…